Sanitary dental bracket-table.



G. HOLTZ.

SANITARY DENTAL BRACKET TABLE.

` APPLICATION FILED MAB.. 9,1910. 9?(993@ Patented Dec.27,1910.

A .mwv //////////////7////// GUSTAV HOLTZ, OF GOULDSBORO, PENNSYLVANIA.

SANITARY DENTAL BRACKET-TABLE.

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Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 27, 191).

riginal application led March 2B, 1909,-Seria1 No. 485,928. Divided and this application 1ed March 9,

1910. Serial No. 548,231.

' ful Sanitary Dental B'r"acket-'l.`able, of which lthe following is a specification.

The invention relates to a sanitary dental bracket table, and is a. division of the application filed by mev Mar. 26, 1909, Serial No.

The primary object cif'the invention-is'bto r enable an ordinary wooden dental bracket 2 and marginal walls 3, formed integral with table to be maintained in a perfectly sanitary condition, and to equip the same with a sanitary dental bracket tray, adapted to be readily applied to the ordinary wooden dental bracket table in present use, and capable of being held firmly thereon against accidental displacement, and adaptedto be removed when it is desired to clean it, and having means for holding instruments separated from one another and for preventing the instruments from rolling. l

With these and other objects in View, the invention consists in the construction and novel combination of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and pointed out in the claim here responding p'artsfin all :the figures of theV drawing.l

1 designates a 'dental bracket tray2 designed to be constructed of glass, china, porcelain or analogous material and presenting a smooth polished non-absorbent surface,

adapted to be readily cleaned and main-r tained in a lperfectly sanitary condition.

The' dental bracket tray 1, which is shallow and removable to enable it to be easily and thoroughly cleaned, consists of a flat bottom the bottom, the dental bracket tray being constructed ofA a single piece of material of the character before described. The upper and lower faces of the bottom `of the tray are perfectly flat, and the lower face i is preferably frosted to present a semi-transparent effect and to slightly roughen the bot-tom to prevent the hand from slipping. This will prevent the tray from accidentally slipping out of the hands of a person. The.

- upper face and the marginal walls are smooth and highly polished to facilitate thorough cleaning. The marginal walls, which are designed to support the dental instruments in the usual manner, are provided with scalloped edges, instrument-receiving notches 5 land adapted to hold instruments separated, and capable of preventing the instruments from rolling. The dental brackettray is designed to permit instruments to be arranged on it in the ordinary manner with the handle end of the instrument restingon the bottom of the forming spaced.

tray, and the outer portion of the instruments arranged in one of the notches, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 1 of the drawing. The notches, which may be of any desired construction, are arranged at suitable intervals and space t-he instrument-s suiliciently to\enable any one of them to be conveniently grasped without disturbing the others.

The dent-al bracket tray is square, and its dimensions correspond with those of the ordinary wooden dental bracket table 6, to enable the sanitary tray to be applied to wooden tables, as illustrated in Figs. Zand 3 of the drawing. The sanitary tray l lits Within the marginal flange or Wall 7 of the wooden table 6, and the walls 3 extend above the upper edges ofthe flange 7, so that the scalloped edges are exposed for use. The outer faces of the marginal walls of the tray are vertical, and the inner faces of the marginal flanges 7 are also vertical, so that the tray by being constructed of a size to it @.'within the marginal flanges 7 is securely "seated on and firmly supported by the .woodcut-able 6 `when in use. The frosted bottom ,besides serving to prevent the tray from slipping out of the hands enables the former to be more securely seated on the wooden dental bracket table, owing to the frictional engagement between the frosted bottoml 4 'of the tray and the felt covering 8, and there is no liability of the sanitary tray le marginall flanges, said marginal walls 1n of t e table and rovided with scalloped upper edges expose above the said marginal flanges and forming instrument-receiving notches.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing 20 as my own, I have hereto aiixed my signature 1n the presence of two witnesses.

' GSTAV HOLTZ. Witnesses:

' MAHLON S. BRAKE,

Gno. MARSHALL.

extendedl above the marginal )flanges i5 

